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original post from ingo:

So if we have the Quebec-flag (the English, Scottish ans Walisian are there since a while), will there be a Flemish an Wallonian, too?

And is there a Transnistrian one, too? My plate-collector-friends have seen indeed Transnistrian numbers on cars running here...

After having done the Sebian & Montenegro flags I was saying to a friend "shall I already make flags for Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels?"
(there are three regions, not two, unlike what some Flemish politicals say)
I may indeed add flags.
I could add flags for many other sub-country entities. Like US states.
In the flags set from www.famfamfam.com there were flags for Scotland, England and Wales, I made the EU, DDR, Quebec, Serbia, Montenegro and few others, but it is not easy to make them in the same style as the original ones.

When you are engaged to create these many different flags, it would be nice, if you could look for the other German ones, too. It's historically really no correct to list the German-pre-war-vehicles (exactly all pre-1919 and 1933-1945-vehicles) with the black-red-gold flag. In fact these colours were strictly forbidden in the Nazi-time and in the emperor's time until 1918, too. See here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagge_Deutschlands#Weimarer_Republik

Otherwise: until 1959 the DDR-flag was "logo-less" black-red-gold until 1959, too - but this would IMHO not nice, if all the IFA's, Framo's, etc. will getting this flag, too. "IMHO", because I dislike, if all the DDR-stuff would be irritatingly mixed up with *cough* real German stuff.


Back to Belgium: does Eupen/Malmedy has an own flag? I've seen, that they don't want to belong to the Wallonie. When I've been there, many bilingual street-signs were "repainted" - someone has smeared black paint over all Frech terms...

I slitted the topic so we can continue this discussion here, it is better
Indeed I could add older ones for Germany, but then it makes all that more difficult for listing cars. Or I could make that automatic using the year, of course. We already have problems with USSR/Russia flags.
The previous ones added were mostly for users, not for cars

Back to Belgium,
Eupen/Malmedy is not a region (in law-level). They have flag, though
Regions : Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels
Communities : Flemish, French, German
And these do not match each other... that's Belgium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communities,_regions_and_language_areas_of_Belgium
There are problems between French & German areas? These are not much mentioned Usually the problems are between Flemish & French, in areas around Brussels and in Fourons (Voeren).
Indeed there the French texts are often overwritten, to show only the Flemish ones.

We also need an Austro-Hungarian flag for our 1898 Nesselsdorf.

Not only - also Laurin & Klement and few others...

Made a few historical flags in the famfamfam style:
Austria-Hungary (1869-1918)
German Empire (1871-1918)
Nazi Germany (1933-1945)
Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)

Nice
I'll already add the Autria-Hungary.

About German/Italian flags, I guess it will make things complicated if we can chose between the various flags. Maybe the site should select the pic automatically according to the year of the car...
Maybe I could do that for USSR/Russia too, what do you think? Only problem is that year is mandatory then if you wish the old flag to appear.

By the way, which was the first year for Russia rather than USSR? I do not remember what we decided, and we have cars with both flags in 1990-1992 range...

Yes, would be the most user-friendly solution, if the flags were dependent on the model year entry. 1991 was the last Soviet Union year (cf. comments here).

So only 1992+ models should have Russian flag? Few need to be fixed then.

We need an Isle Of Man flag too, for the Peel P50.

It is related to UK though
Else if someone can draw it with the same style as existing flags...

Are cars that are built in other parts of the UK differentiated that way?

I mean does the Hilman Imp have a Scotland flag and the Rover 400 an England flag or do both just use the Union Jack?

Scotland is in the UK, but not really the Isle of Man: "The island is not part of the United Kingdom but its foreign relations, defence, and ultimate good governance are the responsibility of the Government of the United Kingdom." (Wikipedia)
Though that it is not a country of its own either, no?

It's in the same league as the Falkland Islands. The last remaining entities of the British commonwealth.

Kazimann, Malvinas please

Will be a little complicated... but as an optional, add flags of provinces or states where they are manufactured vehicles (located next to the flag of the country) would be an interesting idea if you could, right? but as I said, it would be confusing. What you think of the idea?

And... in this link, flags of the argentine provinces:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_of_Argentina

The factory locations:

Buenos Aires province: Ford, VW, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, PSA (Peugeot & Citroën), Agrale, TATSA, Zanella.
Córdoba: Fiat, Renault, IVECO, Zanello, Pauny, Materfer, IME (until 1980).
Santa Fe: Chevrolet, Suzuki (GM).
Tucumán: Scania.

That's too much work: the country isn't already always properly filled, and the info about the province is not so useful US stats may be more useful, but even there the "USA" info is enough I think.

So are we going to start seeing flags for Hondas built in Marysville, Ohio, or Timmonsville, South Carolina now?

Port Jefferson, New York actually built a Brass-era car for one year. I don't necessarily think I'd like to see a Port Jefferson flag if it turns up on the site. I'll stick with a USA flag.

Its only a suggest, and are an optional only.